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2019Perfect English Vocabulary Building Wordlist 2


Vocabulary ListSHAM...........................................................................................................................................................2

RESTRICT......................................................................................................................................................3

GIDDY..........................................................................................................................................................4

SCANT..........................................................................................................................................................5

TITANIC........................................................................................................................................................6

RESPONSIVE................................................................................................................................................7

PREVAIL.......................................................................................................................................................8

RUFFLE.........................................................................................................................................................9

THRIVE.......................................................................................................................................................10

COMPLIANT...............................................................................................................................................11

INCOMPREHENSIBLE.................................................................................................................................12

TASKMASTER.............................................................................................................................................13

REVOKE......................................................................................................................................................14

SCOUR.......................................................................................................................................................15

TALLY.........................................................................................................................................................16

CROTCHETY...............................................................................................................................................17

DATA..........................................................................................................................................................18

ENIGMA.....................................................................................................................................................19

COMPACT..................................................................................................................................................20

MISREPRESENT..........................................................................................................................................21



SHAMLearner's Guide

Something that is a ______ is not real or is not really what it seems to be.

Example Sentences

She believed Rodney's sudden change in attitude was only a _______.The election was a _______. Officials intimidated peasants into voting for the government candidates, or simply stuffed the ballot boxes.He was a _______ and a liar.I carry no brief for smoking, but that report was a _______.It all turned out to be _______ and hypocrisy.

Synonyms

fraud, imitation, hoax, pretense

Definition

Something fake or false

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RESTRICTLearner's Guide

If you _____ something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great.To ______ the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.

Example Sentences

McGregor has said he will voluntarily _____ himself to $2.2 million in campaign spending.This year's AIDS conference is ______ed in size to fewer than 3,000 participants.Many cities have _______ed smoking in public places.Can the school board ______ teachers' rights to express their views?That move means he can ignore federal spending caps that ______ the ability of other candidates to match his ubiquitous broadcast ads.In view of this, the committee stressed the need to _______ the availability of highly hazardous pesticides.

Synonyms

limit, fix, regulate, specifyhamper, contain, bound, confine

Definition

to limit or control the size, amount, or range of something

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GIDDYLearner's Guide

If you feel _____, you feel unsteady and think that you are about to fall over, usually because you are not well.If you feel _____ with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally.

Example Sentences

Drinking champagne always makes me ______.Just watching those kids spinning makes me feel ______.Actually it felt nice to be ______.She suddenly felt ______ and had to find somewhere to sit down.But for many days he felt a curious discomfort, almost ______ at times, almost sad at other times.She felt a surge of ______ courage.

Synonyms

dizzy, reeling, faint, unsteady

Definition

dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness

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SCANTLearner's Guide

You use _____ to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be.If you describe an amount as _____, you are emphasizing that it is small.

Example Sentences

While most mistakes should be ignored or given ______ acknowledgment, there are times when parental intervention may be useful.But even the much richer Soviet collections issued in the twenties were given ______ attention in the West.Many people in the U.S. give _______ attention to European affairs.He was finding ______ peace in his own home these days.We had ______ time to rehearse.

Synonyms

inadequate, insufficient, meager, sparse

Definition

not enough; barely enough; marked by a small or insufficient amount

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TITANICLearner's Guide

If you describe something as _______, you mean that it is very big or important, and usually that it involves very powerful forces.

Example Sentences

I could scarcely imagine such a ______ event.All magic is dangerous and the _______ forces drawn into the realm of Ulthuan are more dangerous than any other.One critic likened it to a ______ High Mass on Mars.I learn to see life as a _______ moral struggle between good and evil.What is trivial to one person may raise ________ questions for some one else.A _______ struggle between the forces of good and evil

Synonyms

gigantic, huge, giant, massive

Definition

of enormous strength, size, or power

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RESPONSIVELearner's Guide

A _______ person is quick to react to people or events and to show emotions such as pleasure and affection.If someone or something is _______, they react quickly and favorably.

Example Sentences

She's a very ________ baby.In a region where infant mortality is high, the argument struck a ________ chord.Let them see that you are a communicative and ________ leader who listens to what they have to say.The medicine-cabinet market also has been ________ to changing lifestyles and consumer demands.Her condition is usually ________ to drug therapy.In comparison, Roman law had shown itself flexible and ________ to the interests of creditors.

Synonyms

sensitive, open, aware, sharp

Definition

answering or replying; reacting readily to requests, suggestions, etc.; showing interest and understanding

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PREVAILLearner's Guide

If a proposal, principle, or opinion _______s, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.If a situation, attitude, or custom ________s in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute _______s, it wins.

Example Sentences

Fortunately, in this case, common sense has ________ed.His weaknesses were exposed by his Republican rivals in the primaries, but he ________ed because their weaknesses were even worse.It is doubtful that Stilwell could have ________ed even if he had managed a better performance.If they ________ in court, they could receive up to $100,000.She seems to think that animal rights should ________ over everything else.

Synonyms

win, succeed, triumph, overcomebe widespread, abound, predominate, be current

Definition

to triumph over; to succeed; to exist widely, be in general use; to get someone to do something by urging

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RUFFLELearner's Guide

If you _______ someone's hair, you move your hand backward and forwards through it as a way of showing your affection towards them.When the wind _______s something such as the surface of the sea, it causes it to move gently in a wave-like motion.If something _______s someone, it causes them to panic and lose their confidence or to become angry or upset._______s are folds of cloth at the neck or the ends of the arms of a piece of clothing or are sometimes sewn on things as a decoration.

Example Sentences

The maids in their navy-blue uniforms and white _______d aprons took twice as long to clean his room.They did their best to soothe the _______d customers who were waiting for car repairs.The wind _______d his greying hair.He _______d my hair and hugged me close.All these ______s should be smoothed out after a few days.

Synonyms

ripple, riffle, roughen, make ripples inannoy, worry, trouble, upset

Definition

to wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset; to flip through

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THRIVELearner's Guide

If someone or something ______s, they do well and are successful, healthy, or strong.If you say that someone _______s on a particular situation, you mean that they enjoy it or that they can deal with it very well, especially when other people find it unpleasant or difficult.

Example Sentences

Most herbs need direct sun all day in order to ______.The IT explosion means that telecommunications companies are ______ing.It is still unclear whether dotcom companies will continue to ______ in the long-term future.Wineries have ______d in the town for more than a century.If there was anything Percy ______d on, he mused, it was details.

Synonyms

prosper, do well, flourish, increase

Definition

to grow vigorously; to grow in wealth and possessions

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COMPLIANTLearner's Guide

If you say that someone is _______, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.

Example Sentences

Patients who are less ______ may be forced to take medication against their will.But they are not truly _______ since they do express their anger indirectly-they fail.It's depressing to see an intelligent, spirited young woman like her turning into a meek and ______ wife.

Synonyms

obedient, willing, accepting, yielding

Definition

obeying, submissive; following the requirements

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INCOMPREHENSIBLELearner's Guide

Something that is ______ is impossible to understand.

Example Sentences

His English was ______.There was the pain of light in her eyes and far off voices whose words were______.There was some clicking, and then the muffled sound of a human voice making its usual ______ noises.Three walls were covered by blackboards scrawled with ______ symbols and equations.The leaflet was written in jargon that would have been totally ______ to anyone outside the profession.

Synonyms

unintelligible, incoherent, indecipherable, meaningless

Definition

impossible to understand

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TASKMASTERLearner's Guide

If you refer to someone as a hard ______, you mean that they expect the people they supervise to work very hard.

Example Sentences

True to his word, he schooled her in horsemanship and was a hard _______.Freedom is a heavy ______ for those awake enough to appreciate it.

Synonyms

overseer, disciplinarian, foreperson, supervisor

Definition

one whose job it is to assign work to others; one who uses his or her power to make people work very hard

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REVOKELearner's Guide

When people in authority ______ something such as a license, a law, or an agreement, they cancel it.

Example Sentences

One hundred years later, the falsification could be ______d because of new developments in optics.An executive order to ______ federal contracts of businesses that hire illegal workers.His license was ______d for selling alcohol to minors.

Synonyms

cancel, recall, withdraw, reverse

Definition

to cancel; to make invalid; deactivate

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SCOURLearner's Guide

If you ______ something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.If you ______ something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.

Example Sentences

In similar lessons in all sorts of schools, the students go on to ______ textbooks and library books for more facts.A team of detectives is ______ing the area for the murder weapon.______the bowl with a mixture of vinegar and baking soda.I ______ed the pots and pans.Rescue teams ______ed the ruins for signs of more victims.Forensic scientists have ______ed the scene but have not come up with any conclusive evidence.

Synonyms

search, hunt, comb, ransackscrub, clean, polish, rub

Definition

to clean or polish by hard rubbing; to examine with great care; to move about quickly in search of

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TALLYLearner's Guide

A ______ is a record of amounts or numbers which you keep changing and adding to as the activity which affects it progresses.If you ______ numbers, items, or totals, you count them.

Example Sentences

He was said to keep a ______, an account of all his cases.The final ______ was 11 ships sunk, and over 20 enemy planes destroyed.No ______ of the dead has ever been made.The measure passed 61 percent to 39 percent, according to unofficial ______es.

Synonyms

record, score, total, countcount up, total, compute, keep score

Definition

to count up; to keep score; to make entries for reckoning; to correspond or agree; a total or score

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CROTCHETYLearner's Guide

A ______ person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, in personal life, he became a reasonably prosperous but ______ landowner who could be easily irritated.When we were in Germany, we rented a room from a ______ old woman named Brunhilde. She was very bad-tempered.

Synonyms

bad-tempered, difficult, cross, contrary

Definition

cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims

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DATALearner's Guide

You can refer to information as ______, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, ______ is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, _______ is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.______is information that can be stored and used by a computer program.

Example Sentences

Suppose we wish to send binary ______ along a telephone line.It was recognized that several sources might have to be approached in order to obtain comprehensive ______on this subject.He has to trawl through vast amounts of economic ______.This computer can store as much ______ as many larger models.

Synonyms

details, facts, figures, materials

Definition

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

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ENIGMALearner's Guide

If you describe something or someone as an ______, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand.

Example Sentences

But despite all the efforts to make sense of the artist, he remains elusive, an ______.It is something of an ______ how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing could serve as defense secretary.Lorraine remains an ______ who is easy to admire but impossible to get to know.As I studied more about their past, I became more puzzled, and the ______ expanded.

Synonyms

mystery, problem, puzzle, riddle

Definition

a puzzle; a mystery

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COMPACTLearner's Guide

______ things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.A ______ person is small but strong.A ______ cassette, camera, or car is a small type of cassette, camera, or car.To ______ something means to press it so that it becomes more solid.

Example Sentences

The apartment was ideal for the two of us - small but ______.A ______carThere is a ______ dining area, which feels cozy rather than cramped.It made ______ discs easier to display.It was similar to an indoor meeting because the stadium is ______, with the crowd close to all the action.

Synonyms

solid, tight, boiled down, concisepack closely, stuff, cram, compress

Definition

closely packed together; dense

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MISREPRESENTLearner's Guide

If someone ______ a person or situation, they give a wrong or inaccurate account of what the person or situation is like.

Example Sentences

Your reporter has completely ______ my opinions about immigration.Some sellers will attempt to ______ the condition of a house to buyers.In 1987, when an interim report was issued, scientists and environmentalists bitterly attacked its conclusions as ______ing the facts.Many women feel that the history books either ignore or ______ them.

Synonyms

distort, disguise, pervert, belie

Definition

to give a false or untrue idea

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